Halep ranked first in rankings

Madrid, Oct 16: Romanian tennis player Simo Halep continued to lead the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) rankings released on Monday.

The 26-year-old Romanian star reached the number one for the first time in her career last week to put an end to the four-week reign of Spaniard Garbiñe Muguruza, who came in second. There were no changes in this week's rankings, as Czech Karoli Pliskova held the third position, followed by Ukrainian Eli Svitoli. American Venus Williams came in fifth, followed by Danish Caroline Wozniacki. IANS